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Press Clips:
Inside the battle for the first union contract at Starbucks
Washington Post
Lauren Kaori Gurley
March 24, 2023
Amazon Union Prevails in Ruling on Warehouse Access for Organizing
New York Times
Noam Scheiber
March 23, 2023
New Starbucks CEO plans to pull barista shifts in stores every month
CNN Business
Danielle Wiener-Bronner
March 23, 2023
Starbucks Union to Greet New CEO Narasimhan With 100-Cafe Strike
New York Times
Kurtis Lee and Jill Cowan
March 22, 2023
Los Angeles School Workers Are on Strike, and Parents Say They Get It
Bloomberg
Leslie Patton
March 22, 2023
Increased minimum wages may benefit small businesses, study co-authored at UC Berkeley finds
SF Chronicle
Joel Umanzor
March 15, 2023
Two worker law fights to watch
POLITICO California Playbook
Jeremy B. White, Lara Korte
March 15, 2023
All Eyes on California as Fast-Food Worker Rights Land on the 2024 Ballot
Civil Eats
Dana Cronin
March 14, 2023
Why fast-food workers, ride-hail drivers, and nail technicians are fighting for this new form of labor organizing
Fast Company
Kristin Toussant
March 13, 2023
Why Unions Matter So Much
The New York Times
David Leonhardt
March 10, 2023
Why Poverty Persists in America
The New York Times
Matthew Desmond
March 9, 2023
Better pay for airport workers would make flying less terrible, advocates say
Axios
Emily Peck
March 9, 2023
How touchy-feely Starbucks became the poster child for illegal union-busting
LA Times
Michael Hiltzik
March 8, 2023
Nonbinary workers in California are concentrated in lowest-paying jobs, report shows
SF Chronicle
Bob Egelko
March 6, 2023
Major worker strikes increased nearly 50% last year as union popularity grew
Axios
Emily Peck
Feb 22, 2023
Young people are pushing to raise minimum wage
Retail Leader
Connor Perrett
Feb 23, 2023
Fast times at the California Capitol
POLITICO CA
Lara Korte, Jeremy White, Matthew Brown and Ramon Castanos
Feb 21, 2023
Evers renews call for minimum wage hikes in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio
Keegan Kyle
Feb 21, 2023
Should fast food companies be liable for violations of franchisees? California bill says yes
Sacramento Bee
Mathew Miranda
Feb 17, 2023
Minimum wages are going up, but typical workers still don’t make enough to get by in any U.S. state
CNBC
Gili Malinsky
Feb 16, 2023
NYC Starbucks workers, 32BJ union to hit coffee giant for Fair Workweek Law violations
NY Daily News
Janon Fisher
Feb 14, 2023
Union of Southern Service Workers encourages cross-sector organizing
WBUR
Feb 10, 2023
California’s fast food bill prompts Virginia and New York copycats, raising stakes for everyone
USA Today
Medora Lee
Feb 2, 2023
Across the South, Black workers defy labor history
The Charlotte Post
Herbert White
Feb 2, 2023
Fear And Loathing Among The Union Busters
The Lever
Julia Rock
Jan 31, 2023
Vallejo McDonald’s employees strike over working conditions
Vallejo Times-Herald
Thomas Gase
January 27, 2023
McDonald’s, In-N-Out, and Chipotle are spending millions to block raises for their workers
CNN
Nathaniel Meyersohn
Jan 26, 2023
Californians will vote on whether to overturn fast-food law
Associated Press
Online Staff
January 25, 2023
Wage theft often goes unpunished despite state systems meant to combat it
CBS News
Chris Hacker, Ash-Har Quraishi, Amy Coral and Ryan Beard
Jan 24, 2023
How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low
New York Times
David A. Fahrenthold and Talmon Joseph Smith
Jan 17, 2023
She was making $8.50 an hour. This Kansas City woman fights for a living wage for all
Kansas City Star
Anna Spoerre
Jan 16, 2023
California Fast-Food Law With $22 Pay Faces Critical Hearing
Bloomberg Law
Leslie Patton
January 13, 2023
The South has a new union—and workers have Black women to thank
Prism
Tina Vasquez
Jan 12, 2023
Here’s the difference between a ‘minimum wage’ and ‘living wage,’ and why it matters
ABC News
Max Zahn
Jan 10, 2023
Congress must listen to working families and overhaul healthcare, minimum wage and education
The Guardian
Bernie Sanders
Jan 9, 2023
Starbucks Workers Are Unionizing. Their Bosses Are Refusing to Bargain.
The New Republic
Bryce Covert
January 5, 2023
Where minimum wage hikes are taking effect in the new year
ABC News
Max Zahn
January 3, 2023
TEN YEARS INTO THE FIGHT FOR $15, WORKERS ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR A LIVING WAGE
The Intercept
Ray Suarez, Kayla Murthy, Mona Iskander
December 28, 2022
Many Food Workers Unionized in 2022. Here’s Why
Bon Appétit
Nico Avalle
December 15, 2022
Support for unions is at a 57-year high as organizing sweeps the country
KALW
Rose Aguilar and Bee Soll
December 14, 2022
California Workers Are Standing Up to the Fast-Food Industry’s Attacks on Their Rights
The Nation
Michael Tubbs
December 12, 2022
Stolen Time: Portraits of Californians living through wage theft claims
CalMatters
Julie A. Hotz, Felix Uribe, and Pablo Unzueta
December 9, 2022
Reflecting on the Fight for 15, a decade later
New York Daily News
Wilton Major
November 29, 2022
SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry on the Fight for $15’s 10-year anniversary
Marketplace
Dylan Miettinen
November 29, 2022
‘The success is inspirational’: the Fight for $15 movement 10 years on
The Guardian
Steven Greenhouse
November 23, 2022
Service Workers in NC, Other Southern States Launch a Union
INDY Week
Lena Geller
November 18, 2022
California fast-food workers on one-day walkout to protest attempted repeal of new labor law
Sacramento Bee
Maya Miller, Mathew Miranda
November 15, 2022
Low-income voters may have bolstered Democrats’ surprising 2022 performance
The Hill
Tobias Burns
November 14, 2022
With inflation top of mind, voters raise minimum wages in two states
The Washington Post
Lauren Kaori Gurley
November 9, 2022
2024 election fights begin to brew
CalMatters
Emily Hoeven
October 28, 2022
Fast Food Giants Trying To Overturn New Pro-Worker Law In California
More Perfect Union
Libby Rainey
October 27, 2022
SEIU: On first day of in-person early voting, Wisconsin workers demand unions for all, march to ballot box to elect worker champions
Wispolitics
October 25, 2022
Low-wage fast-food workers, sexual harassment and the #MeToo era: One woman’s story
WBUR
Here and Now
October 20, 2022
Wright: Elect leaders who respect our rights | Labor Voices
Detroit News
Darnictia Wright
October 18, 2022
Chipotle CEO says California minimum wage fight ‘a real shame’
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance Live
October 18, 2022
Agency battling wage theft in California is too short-staffed to do its job
CalMatters
Alejandro Lazo, Jeanne Kuang, Julie Watts
October 17, 2022
The coming fight over the gig economy, explained
Vox
Rachel Cohen
October 14, 2022
4 Minimum Wage Measures
Law360
Max Kutner
October 13, 2022
Labor Department moves to make it harder to misclassify gig workers
The Washington Post
Rachel Lerman
October 11, 2022
Unemployment rate falls back to pre-pandemic levels even as job growth slows
The Washington Post
Lauren Kaori Gurley
October 7, 2022
Labor Scholar Dorian Warren on Why Unions Are Back and How They Can Save Democracy
The New Republic
Michael Tomasky
October 6, 2022
The women behind #MeToo, 5 years later: Tarana Burke, Ellen Pao, and Gretchen Carlson on what has and hasn’t changed
Fortune
Maria Aspan & Erika Fry & Emma Hinchliffe & Beth Kowitt
October 5, 2022
California’s Tough New Fast Food Wage Law Is Exactly What Business Deserves
The New Republic
Timothy Noah
October 3, 2022
McDonald’s rejects franchise owners’ request to delay big changes, letter says
CNBC
Kate Rogers
September 28, 2022
Fast Food Industry Fighting to Stall — and Kill — New California Labor Reforms
Capital and Main
Bobbi Murray
September 27, 2022
Byron Allen Wins Big In Historic Billion-Dollar Federal Lawsuit Against McDonald’s
Essence
Jasmine Browley
September 26, 2022
Workers are changing jobs and getting raises, and still struggling financially
NPR: All Things Considered
Stacey Vanek Smith
September 22, 2022
McDonald’s ordered to face Byron Allen’s $10 bln discrimination lawsuit
Reuters
Jonathan Stempel
September 20, 2022
Why California is right to regulate fast food
The Washington Post
Maureen Conway & Shelly Steward
September 18, 2022
California’s fast food sectoral bargaining law could revolutionize the labor movement
People’s World
Jackson Todd
September 13, 2022
Latinas at the front of the fight for fast food workers
Al Dia
Eliot Olaya
September 11, 2022
A $15 minimum wage would take 7.6 million people out of poverty, according to a new study
Business Insider
Juliana Kaplan & Madison Hoff
September 08, 2022
Newsom signs law with sweeping protections for California fast-food workers
Washington Post
Bryan Pietsch
September 6, 2022
California governor signs landmark law for fast food workers
Associated Press
Don Thomspon
September 5, 2022
Workers at a Kansas City Taco Bell strike over pay and conditions. Walkout closes store
The Kansas City Star
Katie Moore
September 2, 2022
Labor Unions See Their Highest Approval Rating In Nearly Six Decades
Huffington Post
Dave Jamieson
August 30, 2022
California Senate Passes Bill to Regulate Fast-Food Industry
New York Times
Noam Scheiber
August 29,2022
Retailers take union-busting to new heights
Insider Intelligence
Rachel Wolff
August 26, 2022
VOICES: Southern workers are teaching each other how to organize
Facing South
Taiwanna Milligan
August 25, 2022
Starbucks illegally withheld raises from union workers, labor board says
Washington Post
Lauren Kaori Gurley
August 24, 2022
Worker movement grips California
Politico: California Playbook
Alexander Nieves
August 22, 2022
Chipotle Shut Down Its Only Unionized Store. Organizers Say It’s Retaliation.
In These Times
Maximillian Alvarez
August 12, 2022
Starbucks worker of 13 years says he was fired for being a union leader
Today
Joseph Lamour
August 11, 2022
Fast food workers could get collective bargaining, better workplace standards under new legislation
CapRadio
Nicole Nixon
August 9, 2022
Should California set wages in fast-food restaurants? State bill would make it happen
Sacramento Bee
Mathew Miranda
August 5, 2022
Fast Food Workers to Rally for More Protections at State Capitol
NBC Bay Area
Bay City News
July 31, 2022
Op-Ed: Gov. Newsom, State Legislators Must Act to Protect, Empower Fast Food Workers
LA Watts Times
April Verrett
July 28, 2022
Fast food worker caravan coming to Orange County, pushing for AB 257
OC Register
Kevin Smith
July 26, 2022
When employers steal wages from workers
CalMatters
Alejandro Lazo, Jeanne Kuang, Lil Kalish, Agnes Lee and Erica Yee
July 25, 2022
Federal Disability Employment Program Bans Subminimum Wage
Disability Scoop
July 24, 2022
After 13 Years of the Federal Minimum Wage Nebraskans Are Aiming to Hike Their Own
Nebraska Public Media
Will Bauer
July 22, 2022
Starbucks Workers Are Striking Nationwide
VICE
Edward Ongweso Jr
July 20. 2022
The Value of the Federal Minimum Wage Is at a 66-Year Low
Truthout
Sharon Zhang
July 19, 2022
Workers are picking up extra jobs just to pay for gas and food
Washington Post
Lauren Kaori Gurley
July 17, 2022
High inflation leads federal minimum wage to reach lowest value since 1956, report finds
CNBC
Lorie Konish
July 15, 2022
Dollar Store Workers Organizing for Justice
The American Prospect
Bryce Covert
July 13, 2022
Nearly Half of States Raised Their Minimum Wage This Year
Route Fifty
Molly Bolan
July 12, 2022
‘They don’t care about us’: US Starbucks workers allege they were fired for union activity
The Guardian
Michael Sainato
July 9, 2022
U.S. Rep. Khanna hosts roundtable with fast food workers in support of state legislation
KRON4
Bay City News
July 8, 2022
It’s Long Past Time To Increase the Federal Minimum Wage
Center for American Progress
Ashfaq Khan and Rose Khattar
July 7, 2022
Why Are Chain Food Operations Unionizing?
The Manual
Mark Stock
July 6, 2022
‘How are we supposed to live?’: fast-food workers squeezed by inflation
The Guardian
Michael Sainato
July 3, 2022
The California Law That Could Change Quick-Service Restaurants Forever
Mashed
Elaina Friendman
July 1, 2022
Bill Giving Fast-Food Workers a Vote on Wages Advances in California
Restaurant Business Online
Peter Romeo
June 30, 2022
Starbucks Workers Have Unionized in 171 Stores Nationwide
Thrillist
Opheli Garcia Lawler
June 27, 2022
Workers seek union at a Chipotle restaurant, a first for the chain
Reuters
Hilary Russ
June 23, 2022
Hawaii Governor Signs $18 Minimum Wage Law, First of Its Kind
Bloomberg Law
Chris Marr
June 22, 2022
Reports: First Apple Store Successfully Unionizes; Starbucks Allegedly Closes Unionized Store in Retaliation
Retail Touch Points
Bryan Wassel
June 21, 2022
Apple Workers at Maryland Store Vote to Unionize, a First in the U.S.
New York Times
Tripp Mickle and Noam Scheiber
June 18, 2022
Workers Rage Against the ‘Modern Food Machine’
Voice of San Diego
Jesse Marx
June 16, 2022
California labor, business groups battle it out as Senate committee hears fast food bill
Sacramento Bee
Andrew Sheeler
June 15, 2022
Starbucks Threatens Trans Benefits in Anti-Union Push, Staff Say
Bloomberg
Josh Eidelson
June 14, 2022
64% of service sector workers report having unpredictable schedules—and it impacts more than pay
CNBC
Gili Malinsky
June 13, 2022
Fast-food workers plan to strike across California today for better working conditions
Los Angeles Times
Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi
June 9, 2022
Gas prices threaten minimum wage worker’s budgets
News Channel 3 (Kalamazoo)
Allie Jennerjahn
June 7, 2022
Advocates for $15-an-hour federal minimum wage press Biden for a meeting
3News Now
Ariana Figueroa
June 6, 2022
California may give fast food workers power to bargain with their industry
CalMatters
Alejandro Lazo, Jeanne Kuang
June 2, 2022
California fast-food workers plan statewide walkout, demand better workplace standards
Sacramento Bee
Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks
June 1, 2022
It’s Summertime and the Fast Food Jobs are Easy — and, Occasionally, Dangerous
Capital and Main
Minerva Canto
May 27, 2022
McDonald’s workers in LA walk out against abuse: “Today it was me, tomorrow who follows?”
Liberation News
Emi Lockwood
May 19, 2022
85% of California fast-food workers have experienced wage theft, study finds
Sacramento Bee
Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks
May 18, 2022
McDonald’s staff go on strike after bad odors and water leaks in LA restaurant made workers sick, report says
Business Insider
Kate Duffy
May 17, 2022
‘I cannot survive on $260 a week’: US retail and fast-food workers strike
The Guardian
Michael Sainato
May 16, 2022
Labor official pledges crack down on wage theft in the restaurant industry
Nation’s Restaurant News
Lisa Jennings
May 12, 2022
Labor Board Sues Starbucks Again Over Fired Pro-Union Staff (2)
Bloomberg Law
Josh Eidelson
May 11, 2022
Most Fast-Food Workers Are Victims of Wage Theft, Survey Finds
KQED
Farida Jhabvala Romero
May 10, 2022
Amazon Just Fired 2 Union Organizers Who Helped Win Amazon’s First Union
Vice
Lauren Kaori Gurley
May 9, 2022
Union leader slams Amazon’s labor practices at Senate hearing
CNBC
Annie Palmer
May 5, 2022
Hawaii Legislature passes bill raising minimum wage to $18
AP News
Audrey MaCavoy
May 4, 2022
New York and California Experiment with Giving Workers a Say in Industry Standards
In These Times
Amy Qin
May 1, 2022
For many American families a living wage is out of reach: Report
The City
Claudia Irizarry Aponte
April 28, 2022
Queens Chipotle Worker Claims She Was Fired for Leading Union Effort
ABC News
Sasha Pezenik
April 27, 2022
Restaurant Workers Struggle to Recover Wages Stolen During the Pandemic
DocumentedNY
Dhivya Sridar
April 25, 2022
After Working In Fast Food For 16 Years, She Went On Strike For The First Time
BuzzFeed News
Albert Samaha
April 21, 2022
Most workers at large retail and food firms get less than $15 an hour – study
The Guardian
Michael Sainato
April 19, 2022
CEOs made a median $20 million last year—254 times more than the average worker
CNBC
Jennifer Liu
April 18, 2022
Even in a Hot Economy, Wages Aren’t Keeping Up With Inflation
Wall Street Journal
Jason Furman
April 12, 2022
Starbucks workers vote to unionize 3 more stores, pushing total to 13
Washington Post
Aaron Gregg
April 8, 2022
Is A $15 Minimum Wage Enough?
Law360
Max Kutner
April 7, 2022
Minimum Wage Increase for Tipped DC Workers to Go to a Vote in November
NBC Washington
Mark Segraves
April 6, 2022
Former McDonald’s Workers Settle for $1.5M In Sexual Harassment Suit
Newsweek
Aila Slisco
April 5, 2022
The number of 911 calls from one S.F. McDonald’s underscores a crisis in the fast-food world
San Francisco Chronicle
Shwanika Narayan, Yoohyun Jung
April 4, 2022
St. Pete raises minimum wage for city worker to $15, regardless of length of employment
Fox 13 (Tampa Bay)
Justin Matthews
April 1, 2022
Hartsfield-Jackson cleaners get raise after 13-year push
Kelly Yamanouchi
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 30, 2022
More workers quit in February as job openings stayed high.
New York Times
Talmon Joseph Smith
March 29, 2022
McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski Got A Big Raise Last Year
Restaurant Business Online
Johnathan Maze
March 28, 2022
Opinion: Workers get left behind as fast food companies look to protect the bottom line
Daily Bruin (UCLA)
Laura Gulbinas
March 27, 2022
Minimum wage would be $61.75 if it grew like Wall Street bonuses: report
New York Post
Alex Mitchell
March 24, 2022
Big Mac attack: McDonald’s accused of underpaying staff and anti-unionism
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Angus Thompson
March 23, 2022
In almost every state, over half of all women of color earn less than a living wage
The 19th
Chabeli Carranza
March 22, 2022
Starbucks Workers Are Facing Down One of the Most Intense Union-Busting Campaigns in Decades
In These Times
Hannah Faris
March 21, 2022
California City to Raise Minimum Wage to $16.11 Starting July 1
Bloomberg
Emmanuel Elone
March 18, 2022
What a Surge in Union Organizing Means for Food and Farm Workers
Civil Eats
Lisa Held
March 17, 2022
Amazon Warehouse Workers Stage Coordinated Strikes Demanding $3 Raises
VICE
Lauren Kaori Gurley
March 16, 2022
If you’re not making $14.50 an hour, you probably can’t afford to live in any US county
Business Insider
Jason Lalljee
March 14, 2022
Low pay and lack of opportunity drove ‘Great Resignation,’ poll says
The Hill
Shirin Alli
March 11, 2022
L.A County Will Raise Minimum Wage in Unincorporated Areas on July 1
Los Angeles Magazine
Julius Miller
March 9, 2022
The Bill That Could Change Everything For California Fast Food Employees
Mashed
James Lewis
March 8, 2022
Punching In: No Retreat, No Surrender in $15 Per Hour Wage War
Bloomberg
Rebecca Rainey, Ian Kullgren
March 7, 2022
More Starbucks stores want to unionize. These women and nonbinary workers are leading the push.
Washington Post
Abigail Higgins
March 4, 2022
Workers are pointing to high inflation as they demand larger raises
Washington Post
Eli Rosenberg
March 3, 2022
‘We’ll be heard’: California could grant fast food workers unprecedented power
The Guardian
Michael Sainato
March 1, 2022
California just reached a $15 an hour minimum wage. Are voters ready for $18?
Sacramento Bee
Andrew Sheeler
February 25, 2022
“Year of the Worker”: 2021 Saw Over 3 Million Strike Days With 140K Participants
Truthout
Sharon Zhang
February 22, 2022
McDonald’s Hasn’t Taken Promised Action on Sexual Harassment
The Nation
Bryce Covert
February 18, 2022
Young workers give unions new hope
Associated Press
Dee-Ann Durbin
February 13, 2022
Every Bite of Your Chicken Sandwich Comes With Labor Problems
Mother Jones
Tom Philpott
February 11, 2022
Signature Gathering Begins for $18 Minimum Wage Fight in California
Common Dreams
Jake Johnson
February 10, 2022
Chipotle’s CEO says the chain isn’t having a problem hiring after it raised prices to pay workers more
Business Insider
Mary Meisenzahl
February 9, 2022
California votes to require paid sick leave for virus cases
Associated Press
Adam Beam
February 8, 2022
President Biden adopts steps for promoting union membership.
New York Times
Noam Scheiber
February 7, 2022
In This Latest Covid Surge, Americans Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet Without Sick Leave
The Nation
Bryce Covert
February 3, 2022
California assembly passes “first of its kind” regulation bill, giving fast food workers the ability to negotiate for better pay and working conditions
The Counter
Matthew Sedacca
February 2, 2022
Food delivery workers, rideshare drivers demand more rights
Associated Press
Bobby Caina Calvan
February 1, 2022
California Assembly Approves Bill Giving 500,000 Fast Food Workers More Power
CBS 5 (San Francisco), originally reported by AP
CBS 5 Staff
January 31, 2022
In stores and restaurants, the staff serving the public may be ill with COVID-19 because their bosses want them to keep working, say employees
Business Insider
Bethany Dawson
January 30, 2022
Fast Food Workers Are Getting Shot on the Job
TeenVogue
Lexi McMenamin
January 28, 2022
‘Just wear a mask and don’t tell anyone’: Workplaces are filling up with sick employees
Los Angeles Times
Suhauna Hussain
January 26, 2022
McDonald’s Workers Are Setting Up Their Own Sexual Harassment Training
Vice
Carter Sherman
January 25, 2022
The Fight for $15 Is Moving Beyond the Minimum Wage With a Bold New Idea
The New Republic
Alex Park
January 24, 2022
Exclusive: Biden administration raises minimum wage for federal employees to $15
Axios
Oriana Gonzalez
January 21, 2022
Latest data release on unionization is a wake-up call to lawmakers
Economic Policy Institute
Heidi Sheirholz, et. al
January 20, 2022
The Tragic Reason A Wendy’s Worker Was Shot By A Drive-Thru Customer
Mashed
Felix Behr
January 18, 2022
$15 minimum wage opposition ‘doesn’t make any sense to me,’ Labor Secretary Walsh says
Yahoo Finance
Adriana Belmonte
January 16, 2022
Some fast-food workers are begging customers to wear masks when going through the drive thru. An expert says it’s a valid concern.
Business Insider
Mary Meisenzahl
January 14, 2022
Milwaukee rally demands safer working conditions for fast-food workers after shooting death of 16-year-old cashier
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Elliot Hughes
January 12, 2022
In many states, workers still earn only $7.25 an hour. If we want to fix the ‘labor shortage,’ it should start with raising wages.
Business Insider
Paul Constant
January 8, 2022
Starbucks union workers near Buffalo walk out over Covid concerns
New Republic
Karly Quadros
January 6, 2022
Mental Health Crisis Hotline Workers Are Unionizing for the First Time
New York Times
Emma Goldberg
January 5, 2022
Nearly a quarter of Los Angeles fast-food workers have gotten COVID-19, and nearly two-thirds said they were victims of wage theft during the pandemic, new survey finds
Business Insider
Charles Davis
January 4, 2022
Why Brown, head of 32BJ SEIU, says $18/hour should be new minimum wage
ROI NJ
Tom Bergeron
January 3, 2022
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